Materials management, Good

Examples of GxP processes (functions) include supplier management, procurement, goods receipt, materials management, production control, quality control, batch release, distribution, recall, customer complaints, batch tracking, and compliance management (e.g., SOP management, electronic data archiving). 

A computerized materials management database is only as good as the information that can be retrieved from it. Success depends on everyone using the same procedure, key nouns and correct equipment piece numbers. Otherwise,... 

We store data in many places in the brain, in many different forms and representations. Sometimes people with problems in executive functioning do not manage or retrieve information well. We may not be able to demonstrate what we know, even if we have mastered the material. The good news is that the information is still in there somewhere, so if we improve or restore our executive function, we will find those memories again. As you will see, brain imaging in some post-chemo patients can actually reveal impaired connections. 

To simplify the discussion of the EOQ, it is illustrated in Figure 15.4. One reason that this heuristic has remained popular with materials managers for decades is that the total cost curve is flat around the EOQ point on the x axis. This means that even if we are not able to estimate the costs of holding and ordering inventory correctly, we still have a good chance of identifying a point which is close to the lowest cost quantity, because our calculations will give us an order quantity which is on the flat part of the curve. 

Managing hazardous materials/dangerous goods training within an oil, gas or support company depends on a number of factors ... 

The situation is similar for the costs of an order. For example, the cost incurred for people hired to process orders will probably not go down if one less order is made. This includes material management staff, procurement people, and those who move goods into storage. Like the warehouse facility, staff levels in these frmctions are also likely to be fixed over any relevant range of production. 

Use of Results. Sales analysis data are used ia many ways by company management. The results are most useful ia production planning, particularly if grade differences appear to be ia the offing, and ia assuting that adequate suppHes are available for sales. Inventory control, raw material procurement, technical service requirements, and trends ia accounts receivable are beneficiaries of good sales analyses. 

Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and LiabiHty Act (CERCLA)/RCRA regulations in effect at the end of 1986 bromine is regulated as a hazardous waste or material. Therefore, it must be disposed of in an approved hazardous waste faciHty in compliance with EPA and/or other appHcable local, state, and federal regulations and should be handled in a manner acceptable to good waste management practice. The reportable quantity is 45.4 kg for corrosivity (62). 

Recychng (or reuse) refers to the use (or reuse) of materials that would otherwise be disposed of or treated as a waste product. A good example is a rechargeable battery. Wastes that cannot be directly reused may often be recovered on-site through methods such as distillation. When on-site recoveiy or reuse is not feasible due to quality specifications or the inability to perform recoveiy on-site, off-site recoveiy at a permitted commerci recoveiy facihty is often a possibility. Such management techniqiies are considered secondaiy to source reduc tion and should only oe used when pollution cannot be prevented. 

In plant health terms, monitoring and measurement both eost money and are only half way to the real objeetive, whieh is the avoidanee of eost and plant damage. Condition management makes proper use of both aetivities and exploits information derived from them to generate money for the plant operator. Good plant eondition management, therefore, should be the objeetive of materials and maehine health speeialists. 

All hoses should be inspected and tested regularly and marked to show that they have been approved for use. A good practice is to change the color of the label every 6 or 12 months. This incident is a good illustration of the way both operators and managers become so used to the hazards of process materials that they fail to establish and maintain proper precautions. How often had the wrong... 

---